HIST 590 - Empires and History: [subtitle]

The concept of empire is an important framework in history. This course will explore the ways that historians understand global connections through the prism of empire. Indeed, much of recorded history is the history of empires. Empires have structured how people have encountered society and shaped their engagement with power and culture. Empires also help historians to organize global history. They provide a framework to examine intercultural exchange, trade and economy, war and conflicts, resistance and domination. The impact of empire can be intimate as well as expansive. We will keep in balance the scale of imperial power on individual bodies while also being attentive to vast geographic regions in order to better understand how these governing structures have shaped history. 

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